Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) 2 hr 52
Surakarta Hadiningrat Palace (6 min) Prominent palace from 1744 with tours & a museum featuring sculptures, weapons & other artifacts. Mangkunegaran Palace (8 min) Royal residence since 1757, part of which is open to the public for touring historic displays. Ngarsopuro Night Market (7 min) Lively weekend nighttime marketplace with many vendors offering handicrafts, food & live music. House Of Danar Hadi (11 min) International batik museum with vintage fabrics, live-action demonstrations & textiles for sale. Alun-Alun Kidul Surakarta (7 min) Popular park featuring a variety of food stalls, carnival rides & views of a sacred buffalo herd. Museum Keraton Surakarta (6 min) Museum in an 18th-century palace featuring relics & fragments from the Keraton Kasunanan Surakarta. Balekambang City Park (16 min) Picturesque public green space with animal enclosures, a pond & cultural events. Sondokoro Agrotourism (23 min) Park at an old sugar factory with a playground, climbing wall, aquarium, aviaries & a water park. De Tjolomadoe (26 min) Cultural & exhibition center on a 16-acre, 19th century sugar factory site with a café & museum. The Heritage Palace (27 min) Large indoor-outdoor palace with a garden & several art museums plus a playground & convention hall. Pandawa Water World (19 min) This kid-friendly recreation park has swimming pools, slides & playgrounds, plus artificial waves. Vastenburg Fortress (14 min) Rustic remains of a 1700s Dutch colonial fort, now used occasionally for concerts & festivals. Gede Hardjonagoro Traditional market (11 min) Busy market renowned for its street food, with stalls selling fruit, vegetables & fish. Radya Pustaka Museum (10 min) Cozy 19th-century history museum showcasing weapons, textiles, manuscripts, sculpture & currency. Jurug Solo Zoo (8 min) Traditional zoo with birds, mammals, elephant & camel rides & many educational programs. |